Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f22ca3c9501e6515…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-16 06:46:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 78a37544631fae99766566e7aa407956 SHA-1: a1ed0791c8f645ac98035c82ebff6d68ef01ce18 SHA-256: f22ca3c9501e6515ae28c7bf6df85cf9c4af891816c07d095c24213e7ac294fa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic and the ML classifier flagging it as malicious further support this. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://highendteen.com/userfiles/files/93810640672.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://doktor-okonski.pl/uploadimg/file/11976969737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://word.mn/uploads/assets/rimovada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nm-union.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/panexiximotosebuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a5e4c29ebd---dezisosidawenaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymexco.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75457304480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2esgh2s4sjr9rkhcvkr1uoi10c/nuzupob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestapp4u.com/admin/uploadedfiles/file/pizixusezemupifam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrdak.cc/uploadfile/files/10274073509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hblibthaskjnqsk66c7e489mlg/pabudiboxaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gustosandvic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suxalikakefobuwomoxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoangvan.vn/wp-content/uploads/files/53425422637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksklinika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xagunegibumikekenamizifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylgems.com/file_media/file_image/file/13124678810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lixtech.com.tw/ckfinder/ckfiles/files/16756051265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recviem.ru/img/upload/galupagaliro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e6cb65a99e---31869112193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yukkumpulgroup2.com/contents/files/97197876917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otestmanager.org/club/data/userfiles/file/20210903144640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwbright.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-12/20210912200659749664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrorevisionimonregalese.it/file/35067485919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sabaispa.net/userfiles/file/nusixaxumoxujonanazugowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chataigne-cevennes.fr/imgs/files/87904459956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b7b.reviewz.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/dibiwawuxidurof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=the+conjuring+2+480p+downloadPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d5dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5DD 18024 bytes
SHA-256: e42131cf6a9192f83c07e94dd0634cde9851ac8b8aab953b03943a77bbd64972
font_01_sfnt_off000104f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011d08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D08 11336 bytes
SHA-256: bc9f57bea0e6c97a478eee065ae2c373375830d4f4221fa3f3d37e9251aa470c